Mean Girl : : Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed

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Call Number: 813.52 Du, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Politics / Duggan, Lisa
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Introduction : "what is good for me is right" -- "Proud woman conqueror" -- "Individualists of the world unite!" -- "Would you cut the bible?" -- "I found a flaw."
"Ayn Rand's complicated notoriety as popular writer, leader of a political and philosophical cult, reviled intellectual, and ostentatious public figure followed her beyond her death in 1982. In the twenty-first century, she has been resurrected as a serious reference point for mainstream figures, especially--but not only--those on the political right from Paul Ryan to Donald Trump. Mean Girl traces the posthumous appeal and influence of Rand's novels via her cruel, surly, sexy heroes, outlining the impact of her philosophy of selfishness. Following Rand's trail through the twentieth century from the Russian Revolution to the Cold War, Mean Girl illuminates the Randian shape of our neoliberal, contemporary culture of greed and the dilemmas we face in our political present"--Provided by publisher.

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2fed submitted by Kenes on July 12, 2020, 4:57pm culture of greed